The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued an order (the Order) in its PJM co-location docket, finding that PJM’s open access transmission tariff, operating agreement, and reliability assurance agreement...more
1/13/2026
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In a major move set to reshape how large loads connect to the grid, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) formally directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to assert jurisdiction over load interconnections to...more
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- The Report favors dispatchable resources over intermittent ones to address resource adequacy concerns and advises against retiring fossil-fuel generating resources.
- The Report introduces a methodology...more
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- Pursuant to President Trump’s executive order seeking to maximize the secretary of energy’s emergency authority under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, the secretary’s two new orders have halted the...more
6/10/2025
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FERC ,
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MISO ,
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PJM ,
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Trump Administration
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued an order (Co-location Order) finding that the treatment of load that co-locates behind generating facilities’ points of interconnection with the grid in the PJM...more
2/26/2025
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Data Centers ,
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Energy Sector ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tariffs ,
Transmission Grid
On June 27, 2024, in SEC v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court of the United States held that a respondent to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) securities fraud action seeking civil monetary penalties is entitled to a...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced a new joint statement of policy and new principles (Joint Statement) for responsible participation in voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) with the U.S. Department of...more
5/31/2024
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U.S. Treasury
At a special meeting on May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued two eagerly awaited final rules regarding transmission reform. The first rule, Order No. 1920, mandates changes to the regional and...more
On March 21, 2024, FERC issued Order No. 2023-A, in which it acted on requests for rehearing or clarification related to nearly all of its landmark reforms to the pro forma generator interconnection processes (GIP) and...more